Tag: election

by Paul Hamlin Our system is broken. The way we do elections, our political party system and the expectations placed on our congress people is so flawed that we need to make considerations about, not just how we fix it, but who should be permitted to fix it. Congress has become a divisive and divided group of people with an eye on the next election and the other on harming their “enemy”. Remember that elected officials are the employees of the people, not the other way around. We do not…

by Wes Walker via libertyisftw.org Leadership is not about the next election, it’s about the next generation.” -Simon Sinek Earlier this month, Pew Research Center released their latest data on political party membership in the United States focusing on the generation gaps in American politics. What they’ve found is the Republican Party, after reversing years of positive trends, is fantastically doomed in November. To understand just how bad things really are, we have to rewind a bit to 2006, halfway through George W. Bush‘s second term and the first year…

By Janice Barlow We are faced with choices every day. We hear all the time that we should not judge; it is up to God to judge. That’s not the case. It’s up to God to impose judgment, but we discern many times daily. We should, however, not change how we feel about something based on the situation. That is called “situational ethics, “ and it turns us into people who have no solid core values or beliefs. We have become a nation of moral relativists. Some examples will illustrate…

By Dani Graham Russian Military Intelligence, Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) succeeded in carrying out a “cyber espionage operations against a named U.S company in August 2016” according to a classified NSA report that was leaked to The Intercept. The person believed to have leaked the classified information has been arrested and charged. The NSA’s top secret document was obtained by The Intercept anonymously. They then shared the report with the NSA for authenticity and for comment which led the intelligence agency to the federal worker, Reality Leigh…